Andrew Sylvester Warner (January 12, 1819 – December 26, 1887) was an American politician from

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Life

He was born on January 12, 1819, in Vernon, Oneida County, New York, the son of Andrew Warner (c.1791–1843) and Elizabeth C. (Young) Warner (b. c.1796). In 1837, the family removed to a farm in Sandy Creek, in Oswego County. On October 19, 1842, he married Mary Elizabeth Greene (d. 1859), and they had two sons. He was a

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in 1848, and joined the

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upon its foundation. He was a member of the

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(Oswego Co., 2nd D.) in

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and

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; and of the

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(21st D.) in

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and

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. On October 3, 1861, he married Chloe Monroe (1840–1916), and their son was Wilbert Charles Warner MD (1864–1927). He fought in the American Civil War attaining the rank of colonel, but contracted typhoid fever and was discharged. In 1874, he ran as an Independent for Congress in the 24th District, but was defeated by Republican

William H. Baker William Henry Baker (January 17, 1827 – November 25, 1911) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Lenox, New York, Baker moved with his parents to Oswego County in 1829 and attended the common scho ...

. He died on December 26, 1887, in

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; and was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery there.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 442, 480 and 482)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York''
by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 124ff)

at Local History, Morrisville

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Andrew S. 1819 births 1887 deaths Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Vernon, New York People from Sandy Creek, New York New York (state) Free Soilers